Lolwe Magazine is now accepting poetry, prose, essay and photography submissions for their 9th Issue.
Lolwe is a Pan-African literary magazine that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, and literary criticism. Founded in January 2020 by Troy Onyango, the magazine has a focus on amplifying the work by writers, poets and visual artists from Africa, Caribbean and the Black diaspora.
The issue will be guest-edited by Ya Mallen Jagne (The Gambia), Karen Nadu Ologoudou (Benin), and Tamanda Kanjaye (Malawi). They are looking for work that is bold, different, and blurs or pushes boundaries: play with form and language, ignore genre classifications, send in your fears and joys, your doubts and faiths, your curiosities and silences.
Guidelines for Lolwe Submissions
- How Long:
- 1,000-10,000 words for fiction and essays.
- Min. 3 – Max. 5 poems contained in a single document. Find out how to write good poems for submission here.
- Min. 5 – Max. 10 images/artworks in one document alongside 200-500 words about the work. (If you’d like to submit an image for the cover, just submit a single high-resolution version in the photography category).
- Format:
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- Word document, Times New Roman, 12pt, double-spaced.
3. When to expect a response:
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- 3-4 months after the submission deadline. Please don’t enquire about submission status until the time has lapsed. Queries to [email protected].
4. Multiple submissions:
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- No. Please submit one submission per submission cycle and to only one category. Any submission to more than one or the wrong category will be automatically rejected.
5. Send a brief bio alongside the submission.
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- Learn about how to write a captivating author’s bio for yourself.
6. Your submission should be made only on Lolwe Submittable Page
Payment
There is modest remuneration is available for accepted entries.
Deadline
Submissions for Issue 9 is open throughout the month of February (1-31 February 2024).
Goodluck.